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Radioactive contamination is the uncontrolled distribution of radioactive material in a given environment.
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Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment that uses high-energy x-rays or other types of radiation to kill cancer cells. There are two types of radiation therapy. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to send radiation toward the cancer. Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance sealed in needles, seeds, wires, or catheters that are placed directly into or near the cancer. The way the radiation therapy is given depends on the type and stage of the cancer being tr...
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Radiation Exposure as related to Radiation Therapy
- Radiation therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Radiation therapy (also radiotherapy or radiation oncology) is the medical use ... This minimizes radiation exposure to health care personnel. ...
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Radiation sickness
Radiation sickness is illness and symptoms resulting from excessive exposure to radiation. Exposure may be accidental or intentional (as in radiation therapy) ...
- Pregnancy and Radiation Exposure
Radiation Exposure to the Embryo or Fetus from Therapy Procedures that Do or ... Radiation Exposure to the Sperm from Radiation Therapy ...
- ACS :: Radiation Exposure and Cancer
An explanation of radiation and how exposure to its sources can cause genetic ... When considering radiation exposure from radiation therapy treatment, the ...
- Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, irradiation, or X-ray therapy, is one ... To prevent unnecessary radiation exposure, parents aren't allowed in the ...
- Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy during treatment. ... of this type of therapy is there is less radiation exposure to other parts of the body. ... Radiation Exposure Levels ...
- Radiation Therapy
More than half of all people with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. ... because of radiation therapy, protect your head from sun exposure and irritation ...
- Radiation Therapists
Treating cancer in the human body is the principal use of radiation therapy. ... that, when treatment begins, radiation exposure is concentrated on the tumor ...
- Cancer Radiation Therapy: Online References For Health Concerns
Proton beam radiation therapy. ... The development of other types of cancer after radiation exposure can take much longer to occur. ...
- MedlinePlus: Radiation Exposure
Radiation Emergencies. Radiation Therapy. Radon. Sun Exposure. Injuries and Wounds ... Radiation Exposure in X-Ray Examinations(American College of Radiology, ...
- Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment and Therapy - WebMD
... on breast cancer radiation therapy and managing the side ... Protect the area from exposure to the sun. Apply moisturizing creams after radiation is complete. ...
- Radiation Injury: Accidents and Injuries: Merck Manual Home Edition
In total, radiation exposure from reactors in the first 40 years of nuclear ... External radiation therapy for cancer produces a number of symptoms, depending ...
- Introduction to Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy uses controlled high-energy rays to treat tumors and other ... as when your skin heals itself after sunburn (a mild form of radiation exposure) ...
- Cornell Sexual Medicine Program - Erectile Dysfunction and Radiation ...
Radiation therapy can cause ED in three ways. ... Further study has shown that IMRT may reduce this penile radiation exposure by more than 40 ...
- Radiation therapy: Definition from Answers.com
... Risks Normal results Resources Radiation Therapy Definition Radiation therapy, ... as possible to avoid exposure to radiation, and visitors, especially children ...
- Radiation - WrongDiagnosis.com
... Radiation including all conditions and disorders for which Radiation or ... radiation exposure, Radioactive iodine (I-131) therapy, high-energy radiation, ...
- Childhood Head & Neck Irradiation
Radiation exposure appears to cause ... If radiation exposure occurs when ... However, radiation therapy is still a very important part of ...
- (c) UrologyHealth.org - Adult Conditions - Prostate - Radiation Therapy ...
UrologyHealth.org - the American Urological Association's online patient ... there is a brief exposure to the radiation, typically lasting several minutes. ...
- ACS :: Radiation Therapy
... radiation therapy (EBRT) ... while reducing the radiation exposure to nearby healthy tissues. ... Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT): 3D ...
- Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy, unlike chemotherapy, is considered a local ... radiation directly to the cancer cells, while minimizing radiation exposure to normal cells. ...

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